Donna Corinne Meekins, 90, of Lothian passed away April 12, 2017 at Brightview Assisted Living in Edgewater. She was born May 18, 1926 in Belle Mina, AL to Richard Jefferson and Ola Gladys (Sammons) Ray. She was a 1944 graduate of Decatur High School. Donna was a secretary at Cortland Army Air Base in Alabama and later moved to Washington, DC and worked for the State Department, Division of United Nations Affairs.
On July 2, 1949 Donna married William Lawrence Meekins. The couple lived in Washington, LaPlata, District Heights and Camp Springs and settled in Lothian in 1968. Donna was Vice President and Treasurer of W. L. Meekins, Inc. of Forestville, a surveying and engineering firm her husband founded in 1951. Donna was a faithful member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school. She served with United Methodist women and assisted with the Christian Education program at Wesley Chapel.
Donna was preceded in death by her husband William Lawrence on January 2, 2014. She is survived by her daughter Karyn Meekins Domeier and her husband Patrick and son William L. Meekins, Jr. and his wife Linda all of Lothian; six grandchildren Caleb Domeier, Kira Domeier, Chelsea Jeffries, Jeff Meekins, Laura Smith and Rachel Livingston and four great grandchildren Elliott Domeier, Violet Domeier, Will Meekins and Ava Livingston.
